Dear Alicia,

Today we've been to London again. This time we went by coach because it was organised by the Language School (the first time was organised by our own teachers). When we arrived we went to Buckingham Palace and we had lunch at St James's Park waiting for the changing of the guard of the Queen's soldiers.

Then, we walked up the Mall to Trafalgar Square, the most famous crossroad in the world. Its name comes from Trafalgar War, to commemorate Nelson's naval victory against our Armada Invencible. I'm still impressed by the majesty of the famous Lions! In the centre of the square there's a large fountain where English people sing and dance to celebrate the New Year's Eve. They sing a traditional Scottish song: Auld Lang Syne. Opposite the square we could see the National Gallery. It's a sort of Louvre, because it's only an art museum, but I think it's smaller.

Afterwards, we walked up Charing Cross Road to the British Museum. We were walking for a long time and we were exhausted by the time we arrived!! The entrance reminded me of the Greek temples, like the ones we studied in History. The columns, the staircases and of course the site! It's awfully huge and you feel like an ant beside it. We nearly spend two hours there. I wanted to see the Egyptian exhibition, one about Cleopatra but we had to pay, so I didn't see it.

After the visit, we went to Covent Garden. I didn't know much about it, but now I can say it's an area with a large market and lots of fashion shops. The teachers gave us free time to walk around and go shopping if we wanted. Sara, Ainoa and I walked until we ran across a tall man who was singing a song from Oasis (you know what group I mean?), this one that goes like this: "Today it's gonna be the day, but they'll never throw in back to you..."

And then, just next to him there was a very funny brake dancer. When he finished dancing, he started to laugh at some boys that didn't applause him when he asked to.

On the way back to Portsmouth we passed by the neighbourhood of Notting Hill. I remembered when we saw the film with Alex and Tomas. How sweet they were! And now, look at them! they are the most stupid people I know.

We arrived in Portsmouth at about 5:30 pm and we arranged to meet each other at 7 pm, after dinner. I went a little bit late because Mrs Boyce had dinner ready later than usual. Once at the park, we were sitting and talking on the grass when suddenly, a group of drunk English boys started to throw us stones and to insult us. One of the stones hit me on my right leg. It hurt me a lot!! Then, Gregorio answered back and they all started a stone war. Marta, Ainoa, Mari Carmen, Sara, Jenny and I decided to run away because they were about fifteen and we were a little bit afraid.

We all returned home very quickly but safe! Just see you tomorrow again.

A huge kiss!!!!!!!!!!

Lidia